Halving daily cigarette quota has no health benefit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 28 06
According to new research smokers who believe they are reducing their risk for heart disease by cutting back on cigarettes, are kidding themselves.
The…
Smoking and alcohol - a mutually destructive combo
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 28 06
According to new research the more you smoke, the more you’re likely to drink.
Researchers from Washington and Maryland University Medical schools say they…
The Pain from Fibromyalgia Is Real, Researchers Say
• Pain • Nov 28 06
Many people with fibromyalgia - a debilitating pain syndrome that affects 2 to 4 percent of the population - have faced the question of…
Study of Language Use in Children Suggests Sex Influences How Brain Processes Words
• Children's Health • Nov 28 06
Boys and girls tend to use different parts of their brains to process some basic aspects of grammar, according to the first study of…
Parkinson Disease Can Lead to Errors on Driving Test
• Neurology • Nov 28 06
People with Parkinson disease were more likely to make more safety mistakes during a driving test than people with no neurological disorders, according to…
Adolescent smokers have a greater risk of developing alcohol-use disorders than nonsmokers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 26 06
Both academic studies and casual observation support the view that smokers tend to drink, and drinkers tend to smoke. New research using nationally representative…
Whoever said people were much the same was wrong!
• Genetics • Nov 23 06
An international research team have come up with a new genetic map which could demand a fundamental shift in how we think genes work.
…
Kids in Sport - Great for Fitness, but Concern About Injuries
• Children's Health • Nov 22 06
More than ever, children and adolescents are enjoying the health and social benefits of participating in organized sport. Yet many observers have noted problems…
Gene linked to aggressive ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Nov 22 06
A gene variant that increases the risk of developing the aggressive “wet” form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness…
Not much to choose between surgery and exercise for back pain
• Backache • Nov 22 06
Researchers in the United States say when it comes to treating a herniated disc, there is not much to choose between surgery and an…
Test strips for the rapid detection of cocaine
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 22 06
Saving the life of a poisoning victim is often a matter of minutes. It is best when the emergency doctor can perform a reliable…
Nestle about brain power as well as chocolate
• Food & Nutrition • Nov 22 06
The food giant Nestlé has struck a deal with a Swiss university to conduct a five year programme of research into the relationship between…
No Proven Programs to Help Teens Quit Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 21 06
A large new review of studies on teen-age smoking finds there is no solid evidence about how to help adolescents kick the habit once…
Children and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Children's Health • Nov 18 06
News tips from the 2006 annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, Nov. 14 to 19, San Diego.
SEVERITY OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE…
Adolescent Girls More Active If Neighborhoods Have Parks
• Children's Health • Nov 18 06
Adolescent girls who live within half a mile of a public park are significantly more physically active than other girls, University of North Carolina…
The Role of Metals in Alzheimer’s Disease Explored
• Neurology • Nov 17 06
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating condition and its causes are still largely unknown. Various metals have been implicated as possible contributors to the…
A good wife, a good grip, a good education and no ciggies and you’ll live to 85!!
• Public Health • Nov 16 06
According to a long-term study which was conducted over a 40 year period, among the most significant factors influencing longevity in men were a…
Study Examines ADHD’s Role in Smoking
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 16 06
Are you easily forgetful, distracted, impulsive or fidgety? Do you find that smoking helps you alleviate these symptoms?
Columbia University Medical Center researchers are…
Antibiotics Unnecessarily Prescribed for Acute Bronchitis
• Respiratory Problems • Nov 16 06
Antibiotics are routinely prescribed unnecessarily for acute bronchitis, according to Virginia Commonwealth University findings published in today’s issue of the New England Journal of…
Sudden Death Isn’t Always So Sudden
• Children's Health • Nov 16 06
Sudden cardiac arrest is a common and deadly event. Twenty percent of all deaths in the United States each year are due to a…
Regular smoking substantially increases risk of asthma in adolescents
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 15 06
Adolescents who smoke cigarettes regularly have a significantly increased risk of developing asthma during their teens compared to their non-smoking peers, according to the…
Transfer Criteria Could Improve Intensive Care for Children
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Nov 15 06
Transferring critically ill or injured child from a level II pediatric intensive care unit to a highly specialized and more technologically advanced, or level…
Depressed stroke patients use more health services
• Stroke • Nov 15 06
After having a stroke, healthcare utilization is significantly higher among patients who develop poststroke depression than those who are not depressed, according to findings…
Chocolate ‘Offenders’ Teach Science a Sweet Lesson
• Food & Nutrition • Nov 15 06
Some ‘chocoholics’ who just couldn’t give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow…
MChip to detect H5N1
• Flu • Nov 15 06
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed an inexpensive “gene chip” test…